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if you want to broadcast, you need a license from the government. you have a right to free assembly. if you'd like to stage a protest across the national mall, you need yourself a permit. there are lots of rights enshrined in the constitution limited by the constitution. what you do can damage someone else. as that ad has shown, what can possibly do more damage than a weapon of war that people are saying they have a right to use for what, self-defense? for hunting? what you just saw in that commercial, that is what actual guns do to real people. the rhetoric aside, that's what we're talking about is protecting people from death. >> as you brought up in sandy hook, one of the mothers, specifically wanted the governor of connecticut to see exactly what that gun, the power of what that had done to ravage that small child's body. >> yeah. >> we're sort of immune to that. you're not because you've seen it. >> we don't call them that. we call them weapons. in the military you never say, it's a weapon. we're at a point in this country where 85% of american
if you want to broadcast, you need a license from the government. you have a right to free assembly. if you'd like to stage a protest across the national mall, you need yourself a permit. there are lots of rights enshrined in the constitution limited by the constitution. what you do can damage someone else. as that ad has shown, what can possibly do more damage than a weapon of war that people are saying they have a right to use for what, self-defense? for hunting? what you just saw in that...
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to me the most conservative position is get the government out of my bedroom. i think we should adopt what many of the european countries do. when you go down to get your license at the local office in your municipality, that's it. that's the extent of the state's involvement. where two consenting adults come in and say i want this person to be the recipient of my beneficiaries. i want him to talk for me if i'm incapacitated and leave marriage to the church, to the synagogue, to the mosque. if they will marry a gay couple, god bless them. if they won't, move on. but the state shouldn't be involved in marriage. >> public opinion seems to be heading in one specific direction. christine, thank you. appreciate it. >>> next, new troubles at guantanamo bay prison. >>> plus, a massive manhunt under way in colorado after the director of the department of corrections was shot and killed at his own front door. is an ex-con to blame. >>> but first, today's trivia question. who was the most recent secretary of state to not, to not visit the palestinian territories? the fir
to me the most conservative position is get the government out of my bedroom. i think we should adopt what many of the european countries do. when you go down to get your license at the local office in your municipality, that's it. that's the extent of the state's involvement. where two consenting adults come in and say i want this person to be the recipient of my beneficiaries. i want him to talk for me if i'm incapacitated and leave marriage to the church, to the synagogue, to the mosque. if...
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was netanyahu government said no. at first they said okay sort of and then basically they said no. and the 2010 election which empowered certain domestic politics the president had to refreight this position. that was a fair statement. >> again, as i heard the president in israel two days ago, i didn't hear him to retreat. he said the settlements is not helpful. >> it's different than it's time for settlements to stop. >> what he said that's why i think you should get together and start talking. we can change the rhetoric. we can, among ourselves think of lot was different ways to complain about the settlements and i would join in most of it. sooner or later what your going to do about it? >> change u.s. law so c3s are not funneling to racist right-wing really extremists who are beating up people. that's in his power. the irs can do that. the treasury can do that. it hasn't stopped under any administration. it's getting worse. >> condition u.s. aid. there's a lot of things the u.s. can do while instead of getting them
was netanyahu government said no. at first they said okay sort of and then basically they said no. and the 2010 election which empowered certain domestic politics the president had to refreight this position. that was a fair statement. >> again, as i heard the president in israel two days ago, i didn't hear him to retreat. he said the settlements is not helpful. >> it's different than it's time for settlements to stop. >> what he said that's why i think you should get together...
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a new gop plan is calling for even bigger government cuts. and later, find out why gay marriage is causinging a north carolina pastor to stop performing weddings for straight couples. join ed schultz in his new time slot, 5:00 to 7:00 saturday and sunday coming soon. share your thoughts with us on facebook and twitter. we'll be right back. it's healthier, ammonia-free. and with aloe, vitamin e, and coconut oil, my hair looks healthier than before i colored. i switched. you should too, to natural instincts. >>> the minimum wage is not a living wage. we have a new number of what the minimum wage should be and it should shame anyone who insists that the minimum wage remain the same. if it kept pace with worker productivity, it would be far higher than what anyone is calling for. >> if we just started in 1960, not the high water mark for minimum wage, but a good time on minimum wage, if we started in 1960 and we said that as productivity goes up, that is as workers are producing more, then the minimum wage is going to go up the same. and if that
a new gop plan is calling for even bigger government cuts. and later, find out why gay marriage is causinging a north carolina pastor to stop performing weddings for straight couples. join ed schultz in his new time slot, 5:00 to 7:00 saturday and sunday coming soon. share your thoughts with us on facebook and twitter. we'll be right back. it's healthier, ammonia-free. and with aloe, vitamin e, and coconut oil, my hair looks healthier than before i colored. i switched. you should too, to...
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a new gop plan is calling for even bigger government cuts. and later, find out why gay marriage is causinging a north carolina pastor to stop performing weddings for straight couples. join ed schultz in his new time slot, 5:00 to 7:00 saturday and sunday coming soon. share your thaulgt thoughts with us on facebook and twirt. we'll be right back. ng. but with kids growing up fast, fighting seven signs of aging gets harder. introducing total effects moisturizer plus serum. for the ninety-two practices, two proms, and one driving test yet to come. she'll need our most concentrated total effects ever. her long day of pick ups and drop offs begins with arthritis pain... and a choice. take up to 6 tylenol in a day or just 2 aleve for all day relief. all aboard. ♪ >>> the minimum wage is not a living wage. we have a new number of what the minimum wage should be and it should chain anyone who insists that the minimum wage remain the same. if it kept pace with worker productivity, it would be far higher than what anyone is calling for. >> if we just
a new gop plan is calling for even bigger government cuts. and later, find out why gay marriage is causinging a north carolina pastor to stop performing weddings for straight couples. join ed schultz in his new time slot, 5:00 to 7:00 saturday and sunday coming soon. share your thaulgt thoughts with us on facebook and twirt. we'll be right back. ng. but with kids growing up fast, fighting seven signs of aging gets harder. introducing total effects moisturizer plus serum. for the ninety-two...
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you think the government surplus, deficit cost over 3 trillion for the wealthiest americans and now poverty is expanding 50 million in poverty. and 40 million on food stamps. we must in fact adjust our priorities. >> we've got less than a minute less. youth getting out of college. explain to us what is going on there. >> the historical black cool edges, 15,000 student can cannot go back it school because they cannot get the fund ppg but not just them. student in oklahoma right near the student loan defaults. it is affecting student everywhere. president want more kids to graduate, more are being locked out. with trillion dollar student loan debt. and credit card debt. there must be some plan for student loan debt for giveness and prioritize education of our children makinged cancation affordable. >> all right, jeff rand jesse jackson, you always say it in a way we can get it and understand it very clearly. thank you for joining us here to knit. >> hope to see you next week. >> that's "the ed show." this is michael eric dyson in for ed schultz. hubris, the iraq war, starts now. >>> good even
you think the government surplus, deficit cost over 3 trillion for the wealthiest americans and now poverty is expanding 50 million in poverty. and 40 million on food stamps. we must in fact adjust our priorities. >> we've got less than a minute less. youth getting out of college. explain to us what is going on there. >> the historical black cool edges, 15,000 student can cannot go back it school because they cannot get the fund ppg but not just them. student in oklahoma right near...
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including stronger political parties and good governance. and transparency, all of which makes government more effective. and makes sure that the people feel a connection to their government. your majesty, you've been a driving force for these efforts. and you can be assured that the united states will continue to work with you and prime minister ansur as you build on this progress. we also discussed the economic progress that has to come with political progress. the jordanian government is working hard to manage its current budget challenges. i think his majesty outlined the enormous pressures that jordan is experiencing often not because of any factors internal, but rather a range of external factors as well. and i recognize that while the economic reforms are difficult, they are essential over the long-term to creating the kind of growth and opportunity and dynamism that will help the jordanian people achieve their dreams, we want you to succeed. my administration is working with congress to provide loan guarantees to jordan this year. to
including stronger political parties and good governance. and transparency, all of which makes government more effective. and makes sure that the people feel a connection to their government. your majesty, you've been a driving force for these efforts. and you can be assured that the united states will continue to work with you and prime minister ansur as you build on this progress. we also discussed the economic progress that has to come with political progress. the jordanian government is...
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egypt has a government. not entirely functioning government but it hasn't cancelled the historic peace treaty with israel. but security situation in egypt is collapsing all around it and that is the real fear, if they have total collapse. al qaeda elements increasingly large roles in the opposition. and a real issue of authority next door in syria, post assad. >> martin, let's talk about the other major issue here that is certainly on the agenda there. president perez said today after his meeting, that israel trusts the u.s. policy to prevept iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. not just to contain, but to prevent. do you foresee, martin, any change from the administration towards iran either in action or tone? >> i would imagine that the administration does not want any change for the time being. and i would just like to add to your introduction. i'm not sure it is true to say israel trust the united states completely. they need to say that they do and they need to believe the united states because they ar
egypt has a government. not entirely functioning government but it hasn't cancelled the historic peace treaty with israel. but security situation in egypt is collapsing all around it and that is the real fear, if they have total collapse. al qaeda elements increasingly large roles in the opposition. and a real issue of authority next door in syria, post assad. >> martin, let's talk about the other major issue here that is certainly on the agenda there. president perez said today after his...
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that's something that the syrian government would take seriously as vicious as they have been up to now. but to step back to something robin just said, what we saw here today at the press conference was benjamin netanyahu moving much closer to the president's position on this. as we know, there's been tension on this. bench min netanyahu sees this in a more immediate way. there was that lecture in the oval office. i think what we saw today is a prime minister who recognizes that the president has been reelected and it's in his interest to try to ease some of those tensions. but getting back to syria, when i was in israel last week, the most immediate threat that i gathered was syria and the possibility that some of those, some of these, some of that could spill over and affect israel. >> the fog of war, having covered 12 wars, is always difficult in those initial stages. and there are lots of accusat n accusations by both sides. they're sending chemical weapons testing kits to the rebels. it is clear that if either side used chemical weapons, it will be a game changer, whether it's in t
that's something that the syrian government would take seriously as vicious as they have been up to now. but to step back to something robin just said, what we saw here today at the press conference was benjamin netanyahu moving much closer to the president's position on this. as we know, there's been tension on this. bench min netanyahu sees this in a more immediate way. there was that lecture in the oval office. i think what we saw today is a prime minister who recognizes that the president...
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but less than 40 years after this, again, a campaign directed at the highest levels of government to get us to agree to a war based on something that did not happen the way they said it happened. it was a month's long campaign. in 2002 and 2003. and it worked. it is a decade now, since it worked. since they got that war. how did it work? why did it work? and could it work again? nbc news correspondent michael isikoff and mother jones's david corn an msnbc contributor, co-authored a book called "hubris" that detailed exactly how that war was sold to the american people. what you are about to see tonight is based on their reporting. we are still too close to all of this in time to know if what some say was the biggest foreign policy deception and disaster in modern u.s. history will define its generation of leaders, too. whether this is the first line of the obituaries of the men and women who caused that war. but if what we went through ten years ago did not change us as a country, if we do not understand what happened and adapt as a country to resist it, then history says, we are doo
but less than 40 years after this, again, a campaign directed at the highest levels of government to get us to agree to a war based on something that did not happen the way they said it happened. it was a month's long campaign. in 2002 and 2003. and it worked. it is a decade now, since it worked. since they got that war. how did it work? why did it work? and could it work again? nbc news correspondent michael isikoff and mother jones's david corn an msnbc contributor, co-authored a book called...
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. >>> this morning a bill is on the way to the president's desk to keep the government funded through september. a looming shutdown set for next week. the plan passed 318-109 in the house. a budget deal can be the long way off. as both parties hash out spending cuts. paul ryan's plan which made major slashes to entitlement programs in an effort to balance the budget within a decade passed the house. but as expected, died in the senate. >>> one of the key parts of the ryan budget includes the repeal of the president's health care law. tomorrow marks three years since the legislation was signed into law. according to michelle bachmann, failing to do away with it will have dead lly consequences. >> the american people, especially vulnerable women, vulnerable children, vulnerable senior citizens now get to pay more and they get less. that's why we're here. because we're saying let's repeal this failure before it literally kills women, kills children, kills senior citizens. let's not do that. let's love people. let's care about people. let's repeal it now while we can. >> standing room onl
. >>> this morning a bill is on the way to the president's desk to keep the government funded through september. a looming shutdown set for next week. the plan passed 318-109 in the house. a budget deal can be the long way off. as both parties hash out spending cuts. paul ryan's plan which made major slashes to entitlement programs in an effort to balance the budget within a decade passed the house. but as expected, died in the senate. >>> one of the key parts of the ryan...
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according to a new poll. 7 in 10 american people supports spending government moan to create jobs, as "the washington post" sargent writes, americans regally tell pollsters they are deeply worried about the definite 'tis, but that changes quickly when you talk about specifics. the gallup numbers reveal a public receptive to the idea that government spending can create jobs, but house republicans seem more interested in cutting taxes than listening to what the american people actually might want, as a reminder, the paul ryan budget cut spending, and offense no new revenues, with six budgets on the table, what is the road ahead? joining us now is doug lulls holtz-aiken, the former director of the congressional budget office. also the chief economist of the president's council of the economic advisers until president george w. bush. >> great to be here. >> and budget season no less. >> the thought in washington. >> you wrote it's like the super bowl for budget wonks and those who love them. >> just besides myself. >> i feel like we're going to have differing viewpoints here. >> shocking.
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but there's the role that government plays and we'll get into that discussion. first and foremost. there's the money that goes into the corn industry and the money that goes to the sugar industry, in terms of taxpayer subsidies for junk food in the year 2011, 1.over $1 billion went to junk food ingredients, the cheetos are like clouding my mind, since 1995, $18.2 billion was spent on junk food. between 1995 and 2006, the government paid out $56 billion in corn subsidies. >> not only do we pay on that end, we pay on the back end. if you think about the whole conversation about our long-term debt. it's a health care spending problem. and the people who are most panicked about these obesity trends are looking at it from a dollars-and-cents point of view. we're not able to do all we need to do on education and like, you know, long-term security and all these things, because we are making choices right now, to insure that children become super-addicted and grow up in obesit obesity. >> two choices, one you tax the junk food and the white house is looking at this. what if you just shift
but there's the role that government plays and we'll get into that discussion. first and foremost. there's the money that goes into the corn industry and the money that goes to the sugar industry, in terms of taxpayer subsidies for junk food in the year 2011, 1.over $1 billion went to junk food ingredients, the cheetos are like clouding my mind, since 1995, $18.2 billion was spent on junk food. between 1995 and 2006, the government paid out $56 billion in corn subsidies. >> not only do we...
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why is that government's job to do that? >> we're not telling them at all. we're telling them what science says is or isn't in their interest. we allow you to smoke. we just don't let you smoke where other people have to breathe the smoke that you -- that you're exhaling or comes from your cigarette. the same thing with obesity which incidentally is a public interest because we're going to spend $5 billion on treating people of 0 obesity in our hospitals in new york city alone this year. but regardless -- >> where is the line? where is it too far for government to go? >> i do not think we should ban most things. i do think there are certain times we should infringe on your freedom and that is, for example, if you're drinking we shouldn't let you drive because you'll kill somebody else. if you are carrying a gun, we shouldn't let you on an airplane. there's a lot of things that we do -- if there's asbestos in the classroom we should remove the kids from classroom until you clean the air. if you want to own a gun, i certainly think it's constitutionally protec
why is that government's job to do that? >> we're not telling them at all. we're telling them what science says is or isn't in their interest. we allow you to smoke. we just don't let you smoke where other people have to breathe the smoke that you -- that you're exhaling or comes from your cigarette. the same thing with obesity which incidentally is a public interest because we're going to spend $5 billion on treating people of 0 obesity in our hospitals in new york city alone this year....
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. >> the syrian government blames terrorist groups for the alleged chemical attack. it triggered new calls on capitol hill to arm opposition forces, something sharply divided members of congress. lawmakers are debating the potential that weapons provided by the u.s. could fall into the wrong hands. john boehner says congress should be consulted before the administration carries out any potential military action. boehner says that did not happen before the u.s. became involved in libya. >>> now to an issue of gun reform where republicans have seen their bill stripped down in the face of tough opposition. "the new york times" reports dianne feinstein stormed from harry reid's office monday when she was informed that her ban would not be included in the bill. the measure never had a chance citing lobbying and the nra and concerns from both parties doubt about the impact on stopping gun violence and lack of support from the gun safety groups like that of former congresswoman gabrielle giffords. instead of imposing new regulations, republicans are calling for existing law
. >> the syrian government blames terrorist groups for the alleged chemical attack. it triggered new calls on capitol hill to arm opposition forces, something sharply divided members of congress. lawmakers are debating the potential that weapons provided by the u.s. could fall into the wrong hands. john boehner says congress should be consulted before the administration carries out any potential military action. boehner says that did not happen before the u.s. became involved in libya....
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the government is unusual for israel. the far right in it with an alliance with the center and they have a bold agenda on domestic issues but on foreign issues and especially the palestinian question, there are grave disagreements. so andrea just mentioned that secretary kerry may be involved in the peace process and all indication is that he would like to be. and israel will have a lot of trouble coming to terms with concessions towards the americans or palestinians. >> natan we heard the president talk at length about syria and talking about red lines, chemical weapons. language we've heard before, frankly. what did you get out of the syria talk today in. >> by an leather, the israelis and americans see things alike but are both very concerned. the latest report we saw on chemical weapons is some indication or suggestion they were used by rebels. i don't know how verifiable those assessments were. but the israelis in particular are very can concerned about chemical weapons and advanced conventional weapons reaching the
the government is unusual for israel. the far right in it with an alliance with the center and they have a bold agenda on domestic issues but on foreign issues and especially the palestinian question, there are grave disagreements. so andrea just mentioned that secretary kerry may be involved in the peace process and all indication is that he would like to be. and israel will have a lot of trouble coming to terms with concessions towards the americans or palestinians. >> natan we heard...
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that is something that the syrian government would take seriously. back to something that robin just said, clearly, what we saw here today at the press conference was benjamin netanyahu moving much closer to the president's position on this. there has been tension on this. he sees the threat of iran in a much more immediate way. he is trying to pull the united states to his view. that lecture in the oval office. i think what we saw today is a prime minister that recognizes that the president has been reelected and that it's in his interest to ease the tensions ayon i was in israel, syria, as much of a problem as the nuclear program is, the most immediate threat was syria. >> the fog of war, having covered the 12 wars, is always difficult in those initial stages. there are lots of accusations. the british have announced they are sending chemical weapons testing kits to be able to verify what may have happened. it is clear that if either side used chemical weapons, it will be the game-changer, whether it's in terms of what the outside world is prepared
that is something that the syrian government would take seriously. back to something that robin just said, clearly, what we saw here today at the press conference was benjamin netanyahu moving much closer to the president's position on this. there has been tension on this. he sees the threat of iran in a much more immediate way. he is trying to pull the united states to his view. that lecture in the oval office. i think what we saw today is a prime minister that recognizes that the president...
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he's not going to speak government to government. he's going to move beyond that dialogue to talk directly to the israeli people. i'm not surprised he's talking to young people because ultimately the middle east's ability to overcome the current divides, you know, is a generational challenge. the youth changing that perspective is going to be vital both inside syria and throughout the rest of the region. >> p.j. crowley, always good to see you. thank you. >> okay, chris. >>> and some more evidence this morning that the newly installed pope francis may not be your grandfather's pontiff. in an interview last year that is now getting a lot of play, then cardinal admitted he was, quote, dazzled by a woman he met at a wedding during his days as a young seminary yan. and while he said he's in favor of maintaining the celibacy rule for priests, he did provide an opening for change saying that rule could change because it's a matter of discipline and not faith. not in my house! ha ha ha! ha ha ha! no no no! not today! ha ha ha! ha ha ha! jim
he's not going to speak government to government. he's going to move beyond that dialogue to talk directly to the israeli people. i'm not surprised he's talking to young people because ultimately the middle east's ability to overcome the current divides, you know, is a generational challenge. the youth changing that perspective is going to be vital both inside syria and throughout the rest of the region. >> p.j. crowley, always good to see you. thank you. >> okay, chris....
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the government is not making up the difference. if the government stops, will the economy collapse? maybe republicans will be happy because there will be a reserved army of 25 million unemployed people and as for the middle class, that's going to be over. >> we're not talking about jobs that are not necessary. i mean, when i come down your way, as i offered to come down to atlanta, we need insfra structure redevelopment. we're talking about bridges, tunnels, infrastructure that needs repair, needs to be dealt with, jobs that are needed. we're not just talking about charity here. >> indeed. >> look, i have five children -- >> this is not like the works public administration where some of the jobs that were created during the great depression weren't immediately necessary. i love some of those artworks but you can argue that those weren't necessary. but infrastructure spending is absolutely necessary. we are running so far behind. some of our biggest international competitors, like the chinese. >> right. >> who are building high-speed rail, bridges, roads. we're not doing that. our in
the government is not making up the difference. if the government stops, will the economy collapse? maybe republicans will be happy because there will be a reserved army of 25 million unemployed people and as for the middle class, that's going to be over. >> we're not talking about jobs that are not necessary. i mean, when i come down your way, as i offered to come down to atlanta, we need insfra structure redevelopment. we're talking about bridges, tunnels, infrastructure that needs...
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to avert a government shutdown in a rare show of bit partisanship, the house pass ad stop-gap bill 318-109. in similar bipartisan fashion, it passed the senate yesterday. the house was divided today when it passed the gop budget plan for the next fiscal year. written by house budget committee chairman, paul ryan. it passed in a mostly party line vote, 221-207 and it followed heated debate. >> this resolution makes deep and indiscriminate and harmful sequestration cuts that threaten our economic recovery. >> we can't continue to spend money we don't have. >> this is an uncompromising ideological approach to our budget. >> we want to balance the budget. they don't. >> chairman of the democratic campaign committee and we should note declined an invitation to trav with the president to israel for these votes. congressman, great to see you. >> good to be with you. >> hold on right now. hold on for a second. we want to show you, show our viewers at home these live pictures of president obama again, president obama meeting with president peres. he is going to be receiving the medal of distinc
to avert a government shutdown in a rare show of bit partisanship, the house pass ad stop-gap bill 318-109. in similar bipartisan fashion, it passed the senate yesterday. the house was divided today when it passed the gop budget plan for the next fiscal year. written by house budget committee chairman, paul ryan. it passed in a mostly party line vote, 221-207 and it followed heated debate. >> this resolution makes deep and indiscriminate and harmful sequestration cuts that threaten our...
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government today, the shiite government views iran as a more reliable partner than the united states so they will be more cooperative with iran. what maliki is worried about is some sort of sunni uprising in iraq. he looks what is happening in syria. that uprising against assad is later largely sunni. it is going to inflame the sunnis in iraq which is the last thing maliki wants. he wants assad to survive. you have many of the same sectarian underpinnings that were the ingredients of the last sectarian tension coming back to life. >> why is the relationship with. >> maliki feels under siege. we had leverage when we said we will help stabilize this country even though the war is over. we will maintain security forces to help with training, help with counterterrorism and her play a sort of back inderal to the forces. 10,000 troops and gave us leverage. if he is not there and we are feeling under siege the only people sending in forces and money is the iranian gochlt. >> government. >> is he worried about a coup? >> he is worried about partially sunni driven from 2006 and that is a thre
government today, the shiite government views iran as a more reliable partner than the united states so they will be more cooperative with iran. what maliki is worried about is some sort of sunni uprising in iraq. he looks what is happening in syria. that uprising against assad is later largely sunni. it is going to inflame the sunnis in iraq which is the last thing maliki wants. he wants assad to survive. you have many of the same sectarian underpinnings that were the ingredients of the last...
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and the best chance that they had to potentially hear about it was with the potential for a government shutdown, which has now been averted. so again, back to this new pace rhine of these big debates over real issues that are kind of going nowhere. and a new baseline that incidentally it's interesting because their stopgap spending bill that was passed yesterday did mark something of a breakthrough in that the appropriators in the house and the senate, the bipartisan leaderships thereof were able to come together and come up with a spending plan that keeps the government solvent and keeps it operating. and so i think that now we are going to see the appropriators get, you know, being able to get together hopefully and work out these, you know, technocratic stopgap spending bills while the battle wages in the background without any hope of actual consensus. >> good to see both of you. have a good weekend. we are hearing this morning from the commander of the marine base in kwaunt coe, virginia where three were killed. ask as we take care of our marines and their families that are dealin
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american people, this is why we're disenchanted with government. it's broken and it doesn't work and when we're having a public discourse about how to get guns under control and how to get common sense gun safety into our lives. for them to be able to do this and this shows us that the process is broken and this is why people feel disconnected and apathetic to the processes related to legislation because it seems so unfair and so disconnected from what we need right now that it just -- it just throws people sort of out of the process and out of the game. >> but julian, we are talking about the first gun regulations to pass since those 20 infants were shot to pieces by military weapons and this is what we get? writers in a continuing resolution bill that prevents gun dealers from keeping proper inventory and the axe tf prevented from drawing any aims from firearms that would help us understand gun crime. that's what we get? >> this is the ultimate insult to the memory of not just the victims in newtown, but the thousands of victims that -- tens of t
american people, this is why we're disenchanted with government. it's broken and it doesn't work and when we're having a public discourse about how to get guns under control and how to get common sense gun safety into our lives. for them to be able to do this and this shows us that the process is broken and this is why people feel disconnected and apathetic to the processes related to legislation because it seems so unfair and so disconnected from what we need right now that it just -- it just...
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i want them to do it. >> he's calling for a government shutdown? i mean, this is the kind of talk that gets from tv to congress. how can we make any progress if no one denounces this talk? i mean, with this kind of blabbering, can we get anything done, joe? >> yeah. cpac, crazy people acting crazy. that's exactly what the acronym should stand for. and i find it interesting, too, that they're talking to dr. carson. who i admire the accomplishments. but, you know, we ought to go back to his detroit days. i believe public housing. i believe public schools. i also believe he got into yale on affirmative action. all these programs, if he shut them down, there would be no dr. carson. and so the reality is that you're dealing with people who honestly are more concerned about sound bites, about appearing on television, as opposed to winning votes. i will give michael steele credit. thank you, michael, for denouncing what rush limbaugh said. and more people in the republican party who we know, reverend, who are good republicans, who understand, two parties
i want them to do it. >> he's calling for a government shutdown? i mean, this is the kind of talk that gets from tv to congress. how can we make any progress if no one denounces this talk? i mean, with this kind of blabbering, can we get anything done, joe? >> yeah. cpac, crazy people acting crazy. that's exactly what the acronym should stand for. and i find it interesting, too, that they're talking to dr. carson. who i admire the accomplishments. but, you know, we ought to go back...
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. >> those opposed to bashar al assad's government are struggling to maintain a united coalition after the head of the u.s.-backed opposition resigned. "the new york times" reports arab nations and turkey have sharply stepped up aid to the rebels with the help of the cia. for more on that, nbc's eamon mohyeldin joins us. >> as you just mentioned there, the greatest concern for u.s. officials right now are the flights coming in from iran over iraq and into syria. now, according to u.s. intelligence estimates as well as syrian opposition figures they believe these flights are carrying important weapons and more importantly cash for the regime of president bashar al assad. they're denying that saying they're only sending humanitarian aid. more confirmation coming out that countries like saudi arabia, qatar and turkey are much more involved in accepting weapons directly to the rebels via support of the international community including western intelligence agencies like the cia. the concern is the shipments of weapons. are they actually getting to the right hands and that is a major concer
. >> those opposed to bashar al assad's government are struggling to maintain a united coalition after the head of the u.s.-backed opposition resigned. "the new york times" reports arab nations and turkey have sharply stepped up aid to the rebels with the help of the cia. for more on that, nbc's eamon mohyeldin joins us. >> as you just mentioned there, the greatest concern for u.s. officials right now are the flights coming in from iran over iraq and into syria. now,...
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among them one of the country's top clerics and a supporter of the government regime. the leading opposition group is denying responsibility for the attack. the united states, meanwhile, is opening its own investigation into claims that chemical weapons have been used in the fighting. president obama says that if the allegations prove true, it would be a, quote, game changer. senators carl evan and john mccain are now calling on the white house to take more active steps to force syria's president from power. the leaders of the armed services committee suggest using precision air strikes to target the military's aircraft without putting american troops on the ground. >> carl levin, huh? >> yeah. that's interesting. >> that is interesting. didn't expect that one. >> i know. i mean, he was for the iraq war and until he was against it, until bush became president. as long as we've got a democrat in there, i think the good people of syria can depend on carl levin to be with them. >> it's interesting that he's appearing with senator mccain who has been a very vocal advocate
among them one of the country's top clerics and a supporter of the government regime. the leading opposition group is denying responsibility for the attack. the united states, meanwhile, is opening its own investigation into claims that chemical weapons have been used in the fighting. president obama says that if the allegations prove true, it would be a, quote, game changer. senators carl evan and john mccain are now calling on the white house to take more active steps to force syria's...
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the rebel forces are pointing fingers at the government. you notice the language that jay carney used today was quite different in terms of referring to the rebel forces. saying at this point in time there is no credible evidence to suggest that they used chemical weapons. they are taking these reports very seriously, though, and trying to determine if this was, in fact, the case. now, of course, president obama has made it clear that his red line in syria is the use or movement of chemical weapons. what specifically will he do if that has happened, the administration has not said, but i can tell you that one option they are weighing is to arm the rebel forces in syria. senators mccain and graham have said that this administration should move forward with that if it is, in fact, confirmed that chemical weapons were used. but martin, right now, the administration being very careful with its wording because there is no confirmation that chemical weapons were, in fact, used. having said that, they are quite disturbed by the increase in violenc
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on the iraqi government to halt that type of aid, just as the supporters of the opposition, including saudi arabia, turkey and qatar are reportedly sending more weapons and money to the rebels. chris? >> ayman, thank you. more than 70,000 dead since the start of the conflict. remarkable. thanks for your reporting. >>> and for more on the secretary's middle east trip, i'm joined by nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent, andrea mitchell, traveling with secretary kerry and was able to give us this report by phone from afghanistan. >> reporter: chris, this is secretary kerry's sixth trip to afghanistan in the last couple years. but his first as secretary. and he's got a good relationship with hamid karzai, the very eccentric president of afghanistan. and this is a mission here. the question is, is he going to play good cop or bad cop today. given the fact that karzai was so difficult the last time he visited with a top american, which was chuck hagel, of course, defense secretary. kerry has such a good relationship, he's going to try to smooth things over. they think they can get past
on the iraqi government to halt that type of aid, just as the supporters of the opposition, including saudi arabia, turkey and qatar are reportedly sending more weapons and money to the rebels. chris? >> ayman, thank you. more than 70,000 dead since the start of the conflict. remarkable. thanks for your reporting. >>> and for more on the secretary's middle east trip, i'm joined by nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent, andrea mitchell, traveling with secretary kerry and was...
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we had an occupation government. we didn't guard their infrastructure or these giant ammo dumps and we ended up fighting a nine-year downer insurgency in iraq. so the execution of the execution was deeply flawed. >> as the general was just describing, the situation as it developed over the last ten years. over 130,000 civilian deaths. how are iraqis today? ten years back as we americans here in the united states are back. >> reporter: it is a country that is extremely fractured. when you look at some of the socioeconomic indicators, there definitely have been some improvements. mostly on the financial or economic side. income levels have gone up. there is more economic opportunity to some extent. by far and lark, the overall condition of the country in terms of its functionality is still very much in question. there remains 16,000 people missing as we were saying. the political society itself remains extremely fractured. there is no trust among the major political parties. there is really not a functioning government
we had an occupation government. we didn't guard their infrastructure or these giant ammo dumps and we ended up fighting a nine-year downer insurgency in iraq. so the execution of the execution was deeply flawed. >> as the general was just describing, the situation as it developed over the last ten years. over 130,000 civilian deaths. how are iraqis today? ten years back as we americans here in the united states are back. >> reporter: it is a country that is extremely fractured....
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we'll le voting shortly on, which will fund our government through the end of september and help give some stability. it obviously is not where i would like it to be. i'm very worried about the effects of sequestration and the budget cuts, but we will move forward on that and continue running our government. then later this afternoon, i will be on the floor to present our budget for the united states. i think it's a very strong powerful budget that really focuses on creating jobs and the economy first and managing our debt wisely and responsibly. >>> what will you say in response to the rep criticism and clearly paul ryan's manifesto, when his budget shows the contrast, what do you say to their criticism that you don't resolve the spending cuts, that you don't deal with the debt adequately, just to play devil's advocate for a moment? >> sure. firstly, we do cut spending in our budget, but if you look at the ryan republican budget, it calls itself balanced, but it does it? just a horrendous ways to families across our country, who have been watching their kids go to school and struggle
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there's a new israeli government and it's a little bit more moderate. so we're still in the same place. >> and at the same time, the president is going to the middle east, you have arguably a much more dangerous, volatile situation in north korea. where you have nuclear weapons, the long-range missiles and we're putting missile defenses in alaska because they're now realizing that north korea with this young leader who is completely bellicose in his rhetoric -- >> and you've got dennis rodman, who is able to negotiate with him. >> everybody should feel calm about that. >> unlike israel, i don't think united states has a sense of how to deal with north korea in an effective way. and of course of great alarm to south korea which is sitting there just -- >> with a newly elected president in the last couple of days. the north korean leader, kim jong un went even beyond what he had done before in using sexist, demeaning, colloquial language about the first female president of south korea who was just inaugurated. he seems to want to spark controversy there.
there's a new israeli government and it's a little bit more moderate. so we're still in the same place. >> and at the same time, the president is going to the middle east, you have arguably a much more dangerous, volatile situation in north korea. where you have nuclear weapons, the long-range missiles and we're putting missile defenses in alaska because they're now realizing that north korea with this young leader who is completely bellicose in his rhetoric -- >> and you've got...
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government. i think that and getting them representation when they go before a judge is the beginning of dealing with the people who are already here and in detention. then the longer term immigration reform where we'll have things like a pathway to citizenship which i've heard a lot of the congress people say they don't think immigrants want. >> let's pull back the lens. america is a place where almost everybody has come from somewhere else recently. why do you think we're trying to pull up the ladder and keep other people from becoming part of this country? this melting pot? >> well, we forget that i think every time there's been a wave of immigration from wherever it has been, there has been a kind of back lash. now i think we have more immigrants from browner and poorer places. so you have the resistance. but we at the same time held that this is a country of immigrants. we want people to serve us, to work here, to do all these difficult jobs and then to go home. >> ed your stories were fuele
government. i think that and getting them representation when they go before a judge is the beginning of dealing with the people who are already here and in detention. then the longer term immigration reform where we'll have things like a pathway to citizenship which i've heard a lot of the congress people say they don't think immigrants want. >> let's pull back the lens. america is a place where almost everybody has come from somewhere else recently. why do you think we're trying to pull...
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making permanent some of the restrictions on the federal government's ability to regulate guns. they're not the major ones, but they were tucked away in there. when people aren't looking at the continuing president, the nra is still holding sway. >> well and andrea, you know, in the wake of newtown, i think we all grappled with the possibility that the politics surrounding gun control had been fundamentally changed. i would say what's happened in the months since then, stripping the assault weapons ban out, skepticism about background checks and high-capacity magazines, suggests that newtown may have changed things for a time, but it's possible it did not change broadly how the public thinks about gun rights, gun restrictions, you know, and et cetera. >> chris cillizza, thank you very much, see you later. and meanwhile, speaking of guns in colorado, the manhunt continues and widens for the unidentified gunman who murdered state department of corrections director on his doorstep. police have expanded the investigation to include any leads from clement's prior role in the correcti
making permanent some of the restrictions on the federal government's ability to regulate guns. they're not the major ones, but they were tucked away in there. when people aren't looking at the continuing president, the nra is still holding sway. >> well and andrea, you know, in the wake of newtown, i think we all grappled with the possibility that the politics surrounding gun control had been fundamentally changed. i would say what's happened in the months since then, stripping the...
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what the nra is doing making it about mayor bloomberg, talking about sugary drinks, talking about government intervening in your lives to avoid focusing on the underlying policy. hopefully this will activate people in those states to reach out to members of congress and urge them to vote for this common sense gun legislation. >> you were a mayor in providence, you know about this. the argument you make is what we heard from michael bloomberg yesterday. let me play a little clip from him. >> 90% of the public wants something and their representatives vote against that, common sense says they're going to have a price to pay for that. >> will they though? we have seen that votes don't always come directly out of public opinion polls. >> i think this time is different. we saw 20 first grade children slaughtered because of gun violence in a classroom in this country and six adults. if this event in newtown is not enough to cause congress to do something about the surge of gun violence in this country, shame on us. i think this is different, million mom march, mayors against illegal guns, demand a
what the nra is doing making it about mayor bloomberg, talking about sugary drinks, talking about government intervening in your lives to avoid focusing on the underlying policy. hopefully this will activate people in those states to reach out to members of congress and urge them to vote for this common sense gun legislation. >> you were a mayor in providence, you know about this. the argument you make is what we heard from michael bloomberg yesterday. let me play a little clip from him....
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. >> will the federal government begin stealing our money? >> i wouldn't freak outn't the cpc budget coming through. >> did i sound like i was freenging out? >> i'm worried about the millions of people watching this suddenly think there's going to be tax seizures. >> paul ryan has an important job to do. >> i told the congresswoman i wanted to talk to her about her speech at cpac. >> you talked about engaged in, the fact that he has a dog walker, which is now true. >> did the producers of "the bible" hire a man that looks like president obama? >> i said, whoa. >> exactly. >> calling him the devil. >> put it on your screen. >> we're losing this emotional cultural vote. >> your predecessor michael steel said this this morning on "morning joe" -- that's from the editors of the "national review," mr. chairman. >> well, dls other good ones. >> it was off the internet. i think hot gas. >> the fact is, we have to get with it. >> let's get right to our panel. with us from washington msnbc karen finney and msnbc from "the washington post." karen, one
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one of the bigger ones is terrible relations with the israeli government. >> the president came in. he wanted to change the game. he wanted to be the nixon, frankly, who changed the way global gravity worked. he felt solidly all of the problems the united states was facing at that time, whether it was in afghanistan, whether it was in the broad middle east and the real disdain many arabs had for the united states in the wake of the gulf war, he thought if we could fix this problem, many of the other problems would be fixed. and that proved to be when he went head to head in a sumo bout with netanyahu, netanyahu pushed him out of the ring onset settlements. >> george mitchell has this theory, i want to play it for you, but it has to do with the lack -- his explanation of why he thinks there's a lack of urgency for a peace deal. here's what he said. >> i think the real danger is that the absence of conflict now creates a false sense of lull and security on both sides. and reduces the imperative to move forward that does exist when people are dying and war is going on. and the hard par
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government. for karzai to not just appear to be a leader but to actually be the leader of a functioning, independent, sovereign government on its way to being a country that can operate independent of the u.s. once combat troops are withdrawn at the end of 2014. now, they smoothed over some thorny issues here. one having to do with the transfer of bagram prison which the u.s. had run with 4,000 detainees to afghan control, complete afghan control with consultation with the u.s. to make sure high-value, high-risk detainees aren't involved in prisoner exchanges or simply released. an issue that's come to the fore in the last couple weeks, you know, karen, you've reported it, the comments karzai made two sundays ago when chuck hagel was in town basically accusing the u.s., in fact, accusing the u.s. in working in concert with the taliban against afghan interests. karzai said he is comments were misunderstood. kerry says we're beyond that, we're on the same page, inclu including about peace talks wit
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stimulus spending, but a just released gallup pole shows a mere 72% of americans support a federal government spending program designed to create more than one million new jobs. that also has majority support among republicans. freshman republican congressman thomas massey told a roomful of reporters today you know, i'm new here, but what i'm learning is that the budget is just kind of a guideline. we know it is dead on arrival, we know it is a pretend vote. here is speaker boehner reacting to something president obama was cause saying on his arrival in israel today. >> i would rather be heckled than ignored. you only tease the ones you love. >> he is willing to more than tease the ones he love. >> apparently republicans are willing to tease various parts of the base to make them think we have a plan. it is really not much of a plan, it is kind of the part of the problem they don't seem to understand, the policies don't match up with what they say their values are. that's the problem. instead, what they say is let's not talk about those things, those things, those value voter things that get
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and then of the new questions about whether syria's government is using chemical weapons in its bloody civil war. >> in an unstable and uncertain middle east, the need for our alliance is greater than ever. it's the key to thwarting dangers to advancing peace. >> once again at this hour, the president is in jerusalem, we are awaiting the remarks from president obama as well as peres after their bilateral talks that are underway. but traveling with the president and joining us right now from jerusalem, nbc white house correspondent peter alexander. and with a long distance hello to you, peter, we have the president spending the back half of his day with prime minister netanyahu. how much is their pressure looming over those talks? >> reporter: well, the last time i was in israel, where you see that windmill over my shoulder, mitt romney was giving a speech. and during that trip, it was netanyahu who seemed to align himself with the president of israel. now these two leaders is trying to show the closeness of the relationship. to say all that friction was in the past, we got along so wel
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so you have really, you know, clashing visions of what a government budget really should be. and what we're really going to see here is sort of a, as a future budget fight, you know, somewhere down the road, maybe later this year, over how the government writes a budget and how these two budgets, you know, had any future and if they can be reconciled or not. >> amie let's move on to the president's trip here to the middle east. he's going in, as you know, we talked about this. the white house was lowering expectations. but did anything happen to exceed those expectations? >> i think advise ares think that it was a largely positive trip. when you look at the headlines in israel, they're very, very, they're calling this trip a very successful one. you know, they had prime minister netanyahu and president obama had their moments. they exchanged laughs. there were, you know, it was a far cry from a moment in the oval office that we saw last year where there was very -- there was a lot of tension. i think that he sort of achieved what he wanted to do there on iran, on middle east
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again, it is a question not just about the issue but the substance, the process of the way we make government in our country. the people are farther ahead than their leaders and the leaders aren't following suit with action. >> before the supreme court tomorrow. ken, keith, susan, thank you for joining us this morning. >>> justice correspondent pete williams joins us live from washington with the latest on this week's pivotal supreme court cases coming up in a few minutes. stick around for that. >>> and speaking of millions and billions of dollars, a lucky person in new jersey won the $338 million powerball jackpot. none of the four at this table. >>> and immigration reform has a new friend, facebook's mark zuckerberg. how he plans to help enact new legislation. ♪ you know my hearts for you... ♪ i'm up next, but now i'm singing the heartburn blues. hold on, prilosec isn't for fast relief. cue up alka-seltzer. it stops heartburn fast. ♪ oh what a relief it is! ...but he'd wait for her forever, for any reason, and would always be there with the biggest welcome home. for a love this strong
again, it is a question not just about the issue but the substance, the process of the way we make government in our country. the people are farther ahead than their leaders and the leaders aren't following suit with action. >> before the supreme court tomorrow. ken, keith, susan, thank you for joining us this morning. >>> justice correspondent pete williams joins us live from washington with the latest on this week's pivotal supreme court cases coming up in a few minutes. stick...
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government, i think the war was worth it. we have to preserve the gains we achieved over the last ten years and beyond, but i think the war is worth it. >> do you think the war is to blame for the deficits we see these days? >> no. it's really not. if you look at where defense spending is today either as a percentage of the economy or budget, it's below post-war norms. under the president's budget it will fall more rapidly. the main cause that we saw today of the explosive growth in spending over ten years, president obama made that worse although the republicans in congress ten years ago didn't cover themselves and the changing face of america. we have many more now supported by workers for the retirement programs and a noble important purpose. they need to be preserved for the next generation. >> you are a proud veteran and something i find to be interesting to some degree of polling is the lack of availability for benefits for those who have served so nobly and come home. i want to put up the stats for you. veterans affair
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. >>> government officials in cyprus are reportedly close to a deal to avert the financial meltdown. according to the country's finance minister, that deal could now include a controversial tax on bank deposits. that same deal the parliament rejected a few days ago. our chief correspondent joins with us the very latest. the european union gave cyprus until monday to come up with the bailout plan. what is the likelihood of this happening? >> reporter: most people i've spoken with are optimistic, though it could all be derailed. the stakes are very, very high if they don't get a deal done. it likely means that cyprus would have to abandon the euro and the country doesn't want to do that. it is in their interests to come one something. what they're fighting about is two very large, very sick banks that need a lot more money if they're going to be left standing. and cyprus would like a bailout. the other european countries really don't want to do that. instead what they want cyprus to do, to make those two very large sick banks much, much smaller and therefore, much, much healthier. but
. >>> government officials in cyprus are reportedly close to a deal to avert the financial meltdown. according to the country's finance minister, that deal could now include a controversial tax on bank deposits. that same deal the parliament rejected a few days ago. our chief correspondent joins with us the very latest. the european union gave cyprus until monday to come up with the bailout plan. what is the likelihood of this happening? >> reporter: most people i've spoken with...
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. >> now is the time for the iranian government to take immediate and meaningful steps to reduce tensions and work toward an enduring, long-term settlement of the nuclear issue. >> i want to bring in matt welch editor-in-chief of "reason" magazine and mckay copins. good to see both of you. >> thank you so much. the white house managing expectations, matt. what do they want out of this trip? >> i think what obama is trying to do besides serially lower expectations is talk directly to the people of israel and the palestinian authority themselves. he is going to give a talk to an informal talk at a youth center in the west bank and a talk to israeli students. he thinks if he moves around the political structure he might lay the groundwork for something that might come later and try to change hearts and minds. >> there was an interesting poll that just came out. it was a daily newspaper there. they found 38% believe he is hostile to israel. 14% think he is indifferent. only one-third believe that he is supportive. i wonder what you think is the strategy there? is it sort of like in the united
. >> now is the time for the iranian government to take immediate and meaningful steps to reduce tensions and work toward an enduring, long-term settlement of the nuclear issue. >> i want to bring in matt welch editor-in-chief of "reason" magazine and mckay copins. good to see both of you. >> thank you so much. the white house managing expectations, matt. what do they want out of this trip? >> i think what obama is trying to do besides serially lower...
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how much can you guys really get at the local level from the federal government right now? i mean, is there -- i guess would the most important thing be the mandatory sentencing guidelines for straw purchase goes to zero to 20, 25 years? >> i think the straw purchasing regulations tightening that up is going to make a big difference in the supply of guns. if we make a big difference in the supply of guns, the guns that go to people who own them illegally, the price is going to shoot up. that's a good thing. so anything that we can do in that direction along with i think the other important part is changing the culture and our approach to violence as a state, as a nation. we need to focus on that as well. >> now someone who is a big proponent of gun rights, who is a failed gop presidential candidate back in 2016, rick perry, his spokesman said this about a possible run. he said that he will first make a decision this summer about running for re-election as governor then sometime later on in the year he'll make a decision about 2016. could this be perry's year, john? you spen
how much can you guys really get at the local level from the federal government right now? i mean, is there -- i guess would the most important thing be the mandatory sentencing guidelines for straw purchase goes to zero to 20, 25 years? >> i think the straw purchasing regulations tightening that up is going to make a big difference in the supply of guns. if we make a big difference in the supply of guns, the guns that go to people who own them illegally, the price is going to shoot up....